MBP & External Monitor

[Jas123]

Just wondering if I should limit myself to a 22 Inch, Would a 24 inch or any size be okay? Also will heat increase with the size of the monitor? Thanks.

 

[TwinCities Dan]

Pretty sure you can use whatever size you want...

 

[CWallace]

My MacBook Pro is connected to a 24" and I was planning to get a 30" for a time.

 

[Beau10]

I'm in love with my 23" ACD. Besides being very easy on the eyes, it takes up a bit less space than a typical 24" @ the same resolution, and at the same time having a higher DPI which makes dual monitor mode with my MBP a bit more workable (ie. I can move a window between displays and it doesn't alter in size _too_ much). The resolution is pretty much the bare minimum I can get away with for a long day at work as a software dev. I have a similar setup at the office with a 24" dell and a 19" side display.

 

[magid]

Just wondering if I should limit myself to a 22 Inch, Would a 24 inch or any size be okay? Also will heat increase with the size of the monitor? Thanks.

What do you mean with heat?

I believe the mbp can support the 30" ACD.

 

[Jas123]

By heat, I mean will it raise the temp of my GPU diode.

 

[MusicallySilent]

If you are just planning on using it for webbrowsing, desktop, and other 2d acceleration tasks or minimal 3d acceleration, it may increase it by a few degrees but likely won't make much of a difference.

However, if you currently play games at 1440x900 and make the jump in resolution to 1920x1200 it will likely get hotter working harder to push those extra 3d pixels in a high resolution 3d game

Simply stated - Desktop usage will be little or no temp increase, games will likely increase temp if at full resolution.